I think you've got to take your time and make sure you're making choices that are smart for you.

Humor and paradox are often the only ways to respond to life's sorrow with grace.

A global awakening can only happen from a spiritual awakening that is of global dimensions.

Pain destroys the illusions of false, that is, elitist pleasures. It burns from the inside out. It, therefore, sensitizes us to what is truly beautiful in life.

Faith takes us to deep places, to the ruptures in our self-confidence and our lives. Do not settle for spiritual comfort all the time...Darkness is divine also. Faith is not about positive thinking so much as about what kicks in when we are weak, sick, and short of self-confidence. The via positiva never stands alone. The via negativa is always with us on our faith journey as well.

Animals teach us about the animals in ourselves. We need their spirits.

Filmmaking is always sort of building a mosaic of this arc of what the character is going through.